Saturday, June 28, 2008

I know, let’s invent a new kid’s game. We can call it “Running for President”. Here’s how you play:

Each kid has one hour to pour through the other kid’s personal writings, comments and personal effects looking for dirt to bring out for all to know.

Once the time is up, then each kid’s hand selected group spends another hour pulling things out of context, building sensational accusations through misleading bits of information misinterpreted for their use until they fill their “Smear sheet” full.

After the Smear Sheets are as full as they were able to get them in an hour they hold a mock debate. Each candidate uses their smear sheet to create a sense of woe and fear toward their opponent.

The kid voters (who incidentally got undisclosed campaign contributions from each candidate at the start of the game) then vote. Chads are passed around and everyone attempts to lose or miscount them until time runs out.

The most popular candidate in the end wins. The others are sent home without the group snack.

29 comments:

I like it, it would be a good lesson for the kids, and good training for all those future campaign managers. Does anyone ever WANT to be campaign manager when they're growing up, or are they all just failed astronauts?

Oh Gah - I just went through your Belize photos and am SOOOO jealous. We had a fund set aside for our Belize trip and then my retarded cat broke his femur and like the saps we are, actually paid big $$ to have it fixed. Bye bye Belize. *sadness* After seeing your blog though, the cat loses the leg next time and I'm heading south!

red mojo - Failed astronauts... Ha! I like it. Does anybody ever want most of the jobs out there whne they are a kid?

lime - I'm in favor of taking the summers off, can I just do that part?

quickroute - Or is that brainwash them...

marie - I never was that good a politics. I elected not to include that...

megan - Sorry...I'm only corrupting the very young with this one...

dee - How could I have used that word (work). I hate that word...

mr. farty - So we can blame it all on you then. That's good news because the most important thing in life is to identify whom to blame

Teri - I haven't been there...but The Philippines is made up of a lot of islands...many that are beautiful. It sure sounded nice. As for the 'a', I'm gonna hold on to that and use it later. You never know when you need an 'a'...

leelee - I normally hit my thumb instead of the nail...

alice - Cats have nine lives...you should have been in Belize! Definitely keep up the goal and get there.

arizona - Of course those that sit out of this game all get to wear the Ralph Nader masks...

kurt - Since when did we start teaching kids reality?

sj - Yeah, it always comes down to that production thing. Don't they know I'm an idea man? I can't be bogged down with production and timelines! That's work!

You know, for a foreign girl, this could have been an actual kids game in the US. (and not a VE- kind of a joke) From a distance it sometimes looks as if things tend go a bit far before the elections. I mean they go on for ever, and how long have the candidates from the same side been fighting eachother? its quite strange... So getting your kids to join the madness, that would not be surprising at all!

Oh Peter cannot stand American politics....this is his first Presidential election that he has seen from start to finish, and he just shakes his head. He now knows why America is the way it is....he says there is nothing democratic about it.

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